
William Russell
Acting
🎂 1884-04-12
From Wikipedia William Russell (April 12, 1884 – February 18, 1929), born William Francis Lerche, was an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He appeared in over two hundred silent era motion pictures between 1910 and 1929, directing five of them in 1916 and producing two through his own production company in 1918 and 1925. Russell began his screen career in New York with the Biograph Company, where he worked for nine months before signing with the Thanhouser Company. He was also part of the company of players for the American Film Manufacturing Company and their Flying "A" Studios in Santa Barbara. In 1917, he and actress Charlotte Burton were married. They divorced in 1921. He and actress Helen Ferguson were married on June 21, 1925, at the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, after a six-year romance. William Russell died at age 44 from pneumonia at Hollywood Hospital in Los Angeles.
Cast credits(100)

Big Steve Drummond
1927

Dennis Mallory
1915

The Bat
1928

Big Tim Ryan
1926

Captain Maxwell
1927

Joseph Brant
1928

'Big Bill' Brawley
1916

The Doctor
1912

David Hinges
1924

Larry Lannigan
1920

Ham Peggotty (in part two)
1911

The Colonel
1912

Ronald
1915

Larry Gilmore
1922
Jack Spurlock
1922

Alfred, the Sailor
1911

Prince Zouroff
1913

Robin Hood
1913

Long Rush
1920

Richard Fay
1926

Bill Lark
1920

"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
1927

Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
1920

Buck Thornton
1919

Robert Langdon
1916

Ray Trafford
1914

Blair Stanley
1915
1911

1911

Jimmy Clunder
1919
1919

Ne'er-Do-Well
1928

Capt. James Craig
1919

King Herod
1912
The Young Husband
1912

Boston Blackie
1923

Francis Levison
1912

J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
1918
Henry Farland, a Young Banker
1913

Lord Anthony Conway
1921

The Plumber
1928

The Lighthouse Keeper
1912

Pierre, Captain of the Guards
1913

The Doctor
1912

Escamillo, the Toreador
1913

James Page
1917

Don Rodrigo
1912

Gregory Thorne
1918

Duc de Luvois
1912

Bill Hubbell
1914

Squire Raby
1912

Richard Chester
1918

Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
1921

Matt Burke
1923

Manly Feet
1912

Captain Maywood
1912

Turner Morgan
1914

Cliff Redfern
1919
1911

John Stonehouse
1919

Spirit of the Brook
1912

The Other Father
1912

Captain November Jones
1919
The Railroad Fireman
1914

1912
The Card Player
1912

1911

Larry Hanrahan
1918
The American Girl's Fiancé
1912
Willie's Father
1912
1911

Peter Brent
1922

Judge J. Woodworth Granger
1922
1911

Gerard Hale
1917

Wolfram
1913
The Political Reformer
1912
A Marriage Witness
1910

Kingdon Hollister
1919

The Suitor
1912

John Christion
1915

Bunco artist
1911

Editor
1913
The Groom
1912

Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
1912

Young Lochinvar
1911

Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
1912
The Farmer
1913
1913

The factory owner
1912
1911
The Russian Traitor
1912
Arthur Clennam
1913
The Husband
1913

Dan Williams
1925
The Husband
1912

1912
1917

Philip Greycourt
1917

1911